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New Money Minimalism vs Old Money Maximalism

2439 sats \ 15 comments \ @zuspotirko 5 Jan alter_native

Old Money Maximalism

Old, highly detailed, extravagant decoration and furnished real estate
You always have everything ready so to speak: Spontaneously have a friend over? Of course you have a room spare. He brought a bottle of champagne? Of course you have a bucket and the correct glasses somewhere in the basement
You own all the things and of all the things only the finest

New Money Minimalism

Possessions are a burden. If you want something you can always just buy it
What counts is how hastle free the experience is
You pride yourself in how mobile and versatile your life is
Marie Kondos biggest fan

The question

Which of the two archetypes would you assume to be richer? Blind guess. Which is spiritually richer, which is more fulfilling? Which is more aesthetic which is a happier life?

The reason why this topic is interesting to me is because - even tho I'm not filthy rich - It still regularly bugs me how much stuff I should or shouldn't own. Sometimes you need something and don't have it ready. Sometimes you look in the basement and It's still full with useless crap that didn't get used in the last 5 years.

Literally everyone falls into one of these extremes or somewhere on the spectrum here. Do you? Where? Is it intentional?

Minimalism78.9%

Maximalism21.1%

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32 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 5 Jan

I think everyone wants to be a minimalist, but everyone has items that have significant sentimental value that they cant get rid of. It takes time to sort through your life.

1 sat \ 1 reply \ @zuspotirko OP 5 Jan

I think everyone wants to be a minimalist,

Not sure this is true. Tons of trad people / conservatives are drawn to maximalism due to a general suspicion of <new stuff> being worse than <old stuff>. Which is true with e.g. synthetic fibers in clothing or generally consumer items just degradading year after year in quality.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 5 Jan

Agree, and while I enjoy travel but most of what I enjoy in life involves projects based upon home and land based development projects- projects which require a range of tools, materials and equipment to be assembled and configured and so hoarding potential materials and tools is a natural part of my productive life. Also think many features of a nomadic life are imo wasteful, inefficient and make you dependent upon others. Example I get great pleasure from producing and consuming food which a modern nomadic lifestyle would make very difficult if not impossible.

108 sats \ 0 replies \ @Natalia 5 Jan

perhaps not black and white, finding a healthy balance is the way. I'm a minimalist but I'm happy crafting my own house with the finest things possible, as in from the best people I can find, not fiat price tag "fine".

If you want something you can always just buy it

not true, this only works for the massive produced fiat things!

What counts is how hastle free the experience is

again, the real cool stuff takes time and patience to find.

16 sats \ 0 replies \ @clr 5 Jan

I have been minimalist / nomadic for over 4 years already (I started because of the covid craziness) but sometimes I would like to have my own house arranged my way. But when I think of the burden of having a house, taking care of everything even if I am traveling, making sure that everything is OK and in good order, and mostly complying with ever growing government demands... I don't want to go back to that.

I am being asked to live in a pod and to pay for the pod. If private property is not respected (it isn't), then maybe it's better to "own" as little as possible.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 5 Jan

It's definitely a very complicated question. However, I think I have it clear. I'm not interested in accumulating junk, nor am I interested in impressing my friends, which I can count on one hand. So I lean towards the minimalist part. I think that having a lot of things only ties you to those things, and I prefer my freedom, I prefer to have something to pay for my life time to really enjoy it, than trying to spend it all on buying gadgets and things for my life time, which I won't enjoy because I'll be so busy working to pay for everything, that I'll barely be able to even appreciate them. Now I only dedicate myself to acquiring what is necessary in my home, and this last year we went through a phase of transformation. We don't want anything other than to stack more SATS, so we can pay for our minutes of the future. Simple and easy.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 6 Jan

if i have a dream of building and populating a town of people who live humbly, which one of these options describe me?

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @alt 6 Jan

Maximalism for me, but with an important restriction: only own what is conceivably useful, and then ensure that your possessions are high quality and durable.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 5 Jan

Minimalism. Full stop!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @LowK3y19 6 Jan

Save a lil

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @random_ 5 Jan

New money is high time preference. You will own nothing and be happy vibes.

1 sat \ 2 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 5 Jan

At least when it comes to consumer goods that would otherwise collect dust in the basement I don't get why "You will own nothing and be happy" should be a bad thing generally.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @random_ 5 Jan

Have fun with that.

2 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 5 Jan

I get it if it's about financial dependency. Not the case here tho.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mod 6 Jan freebie

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